Thomson

It’s a heck of a way to run a pre-election campaign. On the eve of an expected election, politicians usually spend their time playing up good news, downplaying the bad, shaking hands and kissing babies.

Editorials

In May 2003, the first reported case of mad cow disease in an Alberta-born animal set in motion events that devastated Canada’s beef industry. Canadian exports were banned almost immediately in 40 countries, including the U.S. The American response...

In a charming example of old-fashioned chivalry, former Prime Minister John Turner refuses to discuss his fairy-tale romance with the glamorous Princess Margaret when she visited Canada back in the summer of 1958. In an equally quaint twist, the relationship...

It’s enough sticker shock to jolt the most ardent believer. An estimated $18.4 million to $25.4 million is needed to convert an aging McDougall United Church into a facility fit for a host of angels. It’s certainly beyond the scope of the...

The imminent danger is not to West Edmonton Mall or its sister monolith in Minnesota, the Mall of America, but to reason. Though it may well be the hope of Somali-based terrorist group al-Shabab that we feel less safe in North America today than we did...